Just a quick update as it’s 3AM and I need to try to get back to sleeping normally within 2 days for Christmas (yeah, that’s going to work! Haha!)
F1
Firstly, F1. According to the BBC, who quoted German newspaper “Bild”, Michael Schumacher has signed for Mercedes for 2010 and it will be formally announced tomorrow. Good or bad news depending on which way you look at it, I will however be intrigued as to how he fairs after retiring in 2006, now being the ripe old age of 41, against young, fit, talented drivers such as Lewis Hamilton. With Ross Brawn again on board with Michael (Mr. Brawn being the brains behind all seven of Schumacher’s world championships, and the man behind 2009 WDC and WCC team Brawn GP), anything is possible. It should be one hell of a season, with the top teams that are likely to be competitive in my opinion, lined up as follows:
- Mercedes – Nico Rosberg, Michael Schumacher(1994-1995, 2000-2004)
- McLaren – Lewis Hamilton(2008), Jenson Button(2009)
- Ferrari – Fernando Alonso(2005-2006), Felipe Massa
- Red Bull – Sebastian Vettel, Mark Webber
This really could turn out to be a cracker. McLaren were incredibly fast at the end of last season, and not much in terms of design rules has changed since then, other than the refuelling ban, which, due to the extra weight involved, should play into Jenson Button’s driving style, as he is easy on the tires due to his smooth style. Mercedes were Brawn last season, and we know that they along with Ferrari focused on 2010 fairly early on, the difference being that they were competitive during 2009 as well. And Red Bull were their main challengers, with arguably the best young driver on the grid other than Lewis Hamilton (Sebastian Vettel). Plus with Mercedes having the 7-time world champion Schumacher on board, and Nico Rosberg, another great young talent that impressed me in 2009 in the fairly underpowered Williams… Theres so many factors to consider. I’ll also be keeping my eye on Hulkenberg, I believe he’s got a lot of potential, and watching Kobayashi should be fun. He livened up the last 2 races of the 2009 season. Also, Bruno Senna. I hope he does well. All in all, 2010 should be a good year for F1, I just hope the racing’s decent!
Life
It’s nearly Christmas and I’m looking forward to it! I’m very nervous about my new job starting in the new year, but hopefully it’ll be okay. I’ve also been using Omegle lately. It’s a completely anonymous chat client where you can just talk to random people. It sounds stupid, but it is actually quite fun and I’ve met some really interesting people. Give it a go if you’re bored. You can always disconnect if the person is asking for webcams with 14-year-old girls or something, but you could meet someone really interesting.
Music
KILLING IN THE NAME GOT THE CHRISTMAS NUMBER ONE SPOT! Power to the people! It achieved over 500,000 sales, which was 50,000 more than Joe, the X Factor winner. Fantastic stuff. I was one of those 500,000; and proud of it to! To hear it on the radio (“The Christmas number two is… Joe.”) was so epic, I literally shouted “YES!” at that point, just by myself in my room. I just felt like I, amongst everyone else who bought the track, achieved something, against the odds, we proved what we really want from music. Usually, being in the minority for this kind of thing, I’m used to losing arguments and battles of this nature, but for once, I was part of the winning majority. And that felt great.
Relevant song lyric of the post: Rage Against The Machine – Killing In The Name
“Fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me!”
Closing KoLd Quote:
“The 2009 Christmas number one battle is a story that I’ll be proud of telling to my friends and family in years to come. Seriously, when people think of rebellion, of epic battles against authority, they think of riots and civil wars. Maybe I won’t partake in such things in my lifetime, but not many people can say they would. But not many people can say ‘We fought the masses, we campaigned for real music, we campaigned for soul over faceless corporate PR packaging, and we won’. I can, and that’s a great feeling.”
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